I think you got my domain wrong… it’s “produceindustry.com”. ”

Yes, sorry.

Brain malfunction.
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Re: ElectricFashion.com

Can you wear that clothing out in the rain?

Could be a “shocking” experience.

“`ZZZzzzz“`

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“DO A SEARCH USING THE WORD “GREEN” AS AN ADJECTIVE, AND USE ANY NOUN YOU WANT TO COMPLETE THE DOMAIN PHRASE. SEARCH UP THE .COM IN BULK TO SEE IF THEY’RE AVAILABLE. You won’t find anything… ”

Not to discount what you said cause it’s basically true but…

Thanks to Tia Wood* and her Domain Idea Box, I found (and regged) an available Green keyword product domain.

GreenBrakes .com

I’m usually wary when I find a domain that perhaps should not be available for hand reg.

Doing a little Google research for “Green Brakes” I came across some relevant info that may prove the domain was worth registering.

Of particular note was this company’s website:
http://www.nrsbrakes.com/NRS_green.html
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By the way, GreenCustomerService.com is also available if anyone is interested.

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*no relation to Tiger Woods (but apparently allegedly had relations with him)

Source:
DomainGang.com

http://tinyurl.com/TigerAndTia

See comments # 6 and 7

XXXXXX Stephen Douglas Responds:

Heh heh… good one!

Google for:
immer frei
gluck platz
catch cash
scientific appraisal
scientific domain appraisal
scientific domain appraising
free domain appraising

Usually in top 10 – If not in SERP #1 …
Content?
Not really relevant.

Received several offers.
Will maybe sell, but not sure.

But Stephen is for the greater part right.

Success!

Johnny.

XXXXXX Stephen Douglas Responds:

Thanks Johnny… can you explain your google searches and how they’re relevant to buying future trend domains? It looked interesting but you didn’t finish the deed!

I like that strike first strategy. It certainly can’t hurt.
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Stephan says:
“A trademark has to be promoted for five years before a TM is applied to it officially (obtain the TM), so I now am placing the ™ on domains I’m putting up on Whypark to at least make the public notification. ”

The reason I asked my original question is I do not believe you could ever really get a TM registration for “Produce Center” without some other qualifier such as
“Stephen’s Produce Center”.

“Produce Center” is simply too generic.

“Electric Fashion” is a different story… unless someone else already claims a TM.

By the way, have you seen this from Trend Hunter Magazine?

If this ever catches on ElectricFashion.com could prove valuable.

“Light up Your Wardrobe With Lytec”

“LyTec is…commonly known as Electroluminescent Wire…When a high frequency electrical voltage is applied, it glows like neon.”.

http://snurl.com/ElectricFashion

XXXXXX Stephen Douglas Responds:

Hi Patrick,

I think you got my domain wrong… it’s “produceindustry.com”. But you’re RIGHT on your assessment of the ability to TM the domain, but here’s the good part — it applies to the reverse hijacker too! So the attacker can’t go across the river to my camp without first burning down their own camp. Get it? You can’t TM general well-used common non-distinctive words unless they’ve become a vernacular accepted over a long stretch of time, like “Kleenex”. But if I’m TMing the domains in their online display, it at least gives a “pause” for any bored retained attorneys of a large company who want to launch a reverse hijacking attack. It means their “legal argument” is just as bad as mine will be… which then favors me. I think this is a legal strategy that may work, and I don’t want to draw the evil eye. Any domain attys want to weigh in, I’d be happy to post their opinion. Ari? Sturgeon? Berryhill?

As far as “Trend Hunter”, heh… dude, I’ve been watching these magazines and niche freeky deeky reports since 2004. I knew digital/electronic clothing was coming five years ago. I saw a beautiful representation of this during the opening and closing of the Vancouver Games.

I will admit that I bought a lot of domains in this niche, and I had to stop, because I was going overboard trying every level of the niche… you know how expensive that can get! So I focused more on the best of the best of these domains. I think I own the best of the electronic clothing domains already (my secret weapon that will freak out the industry by 2012 or sooner). lol. It took a lot of research and reading, and I learned a lot about electronics, alternative energy, fashion trends, and lots of exciting stuff coming soon to us all, including 3D tv, holograms, cellphone apps, etc.

I’m not worried about discussing this now, because I already let the cat out of the bag on this when Monte interviewed me back in Oct 2006 on DomainMaster Radio and sweet talked me into revealing what I was doing. I did. So now, I think of Monte Cahn when I search up a new future trend being discussed, and every variation of that trend has already been registered. (Thanks a lot Monte!) Here’s a test any domainer can do to find out if they strike gold on an OOTB:

DO A SEARCH USING THE WORD “GREEN” AS AN ADJECTIVE, AND USE ANY NOUN YOU WANT TO COMPLETE THE DOMAIN PHRASE. SEARCH UP THE .COM IN BULK TO SEE IF THEY’RE AVAILABLE. You won’t find anything… it’s kind of scary, actually. So if you own any domains with the word “green” as an adjective, you probably own a valuable domain, especially if it was bought OOTB.

The color “green” is of course a synonym for “environmentally friendly”. You won’t find any domain OOTB with the “green” adjective and decent noun.

XXXXXX Stephen Douglas Responds:

Hi Mike,

I sell a FileMaker Domain Database template for $100 that I developed about a decade ago and improved to include all the features a domainer needs. It’s easy to add more if you want. I should put it up for sale and bullet point its features, because it helps me manage my 3500 domains. It covers everything from registration date, categories and sub-categories, monetization intent, flag reports, meta tag field, Notes field, pricing reports, reserve price reports, simple column reports, auto html link code generation, registrars, sold/not sold, aggregate price totals on category reports, and much more. Usually my clients buy it, but I think I’ll offer it to anyone at some point. It’s main purpose is to keep track of your domains and is very useful if you have 500 domains or more. (Or 100 if you want fine details of everything you do… depends on your needs).

Filemaker is a cross platform application that works on Macs and PC’s both. I use all Macs in my office and home, but Filemaker works for PC’s too. If anyone’s interested in getting this database, let me know. I’ll give you a 3 day guarantee on the file.

XXXXXX Stephen Douglas Responds:

Hi William,

I’d be glad to give your site a shout out, but I want to ask you two questions:

First, why not use a generic descriptive branded domain name for your service instead of the clumsy “williamblairinc.com” vanity name? Why not some domain that describes your site succinctly and memorably? It makes me doubt the ability for you to promote my domains if you aren’t already locked in with your own service site’s brand domain.

Secondly, I’m a big sinner, so I’m not trying to be sanctimonious here, but I don’t believe in selling religious domains for profit, UNLESS you’re giving all profits to charity. Are you selling your religious domains with the intent to give ALL the receipts to a good charity? I’d like that if you were. If anyone is selling religious domains and keeps the profits, they’re just as bad as televangelists… yechhh. Think about it.

On your blog post above you put a TM mark after the domain: PRODUCEINDUSTRY.COM™.

But on your actual web page you put the TM mark after Produce Industry.

PRODUCE INDUSTRY™ FACTS

Is that an error?

XXXXXX Stephen Douglas Responds:

Hi Patrick,

Thanks for noticing that, but it isn’t an error. It’s a simple strategy for domainers to use to let anyone seeing the domain that you are “TMing” the name, including the .com extension, and are posting notice. A trademark has to be promoted for five years before a TM is applied to it officially (obtain the TM), so I now am placing the ™ on domains I’m putting up on Whypark to at least make the public notification. There is more to it, so don’t take it as legal advice, but you need to place a “notice” on anything you may want to TM officially… and the first use rights. This may take the edge off reverse-hijackers’ and their attempts to steal your domains.

First thing in this business is you have to know who you are. Developer,Flipper,Traffic Aggregator etc… and move on your business plan.

I agree that your contact info being right there is a plus for a flipper. That’s great take the potential buyer right to the info.

Best of luck.

XXXXXX Stephen Douglas Responds:

Hi Everything.tv,

Thanks for the nice sentiments.

Yes, it’s true that I’m mainly a flipper, and that Whypark really gives me a good sales platform for this purpose. Buyers are more interested when they see a website with content on it representing a domain they want. They also see it as more valuable, or tend to. This isn’t scientific, its just what I’ve noticed from selling domains. Some buyers just don’t “get” landing pages, and think you’re not “doing anything” with the site, so you should sell it cheap. lol